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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008/schedule-2/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2852",
  "legislation_title": "The REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The functions of the Environment Agency, the Natural Resources Body for Wales, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and the Department of the Environment are to—\n(a) prevent, minimise, remedy or mitigate the effects of pollution of the environment;\n(b) ensure the safety of the environment.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 306 (with Sch. 7)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:22:33.057757+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}